The Mongols actually trapped them and dragged them away.
Suddenly there was an uproar in the array, and the halberdiers panicked.
At this distance, the halberd can no longer stab them, but the Mongols are familiar with the lasso. It is more than ten meters, or even more than 20 meters, and it is almost guaranteed to lasso the horse's neck.
These tin cans are even more handy.
The halberdiers were in an uproar that they could still operate like this. What a mess.
Suddenly, they were sweating profusely.
Suddenly I didn't know what to do.
The Mongols were very hateful. After pulling away, they suddenly charged forward on horseback and threw the noose. The frightened halberdiers immediately used their halberds to block with all their strength, trying to prevent the noose from catching themselves and being pulled out.
Obviously this is not a good idea, it is just a natural reaction when people are in a hurry.
The halberds that were swung randomly, with hooks and axes, were not as smooth as the spears, and many of them successfully caught the rope.
But before they were happy, the Mongolian tightened the rope, turned around, controlled the horse, and ran back. How can a man's arm compete with the strength of a horse? As a result, the halberd was dragged away by the lasso.
Han Erheizi howled in distress, jumped on his feet and cursed: "You wicked and smoking dog Tatar, give me back my halberd. You bastard."
Han Erheizi and his group were refugees from Liaodong. Like Zhang Lida, they had a mouthful of dirt. This halberd is not cheap. It is made of tungsten steel and is very wear-resistant. An ax that is not resistant to wear and tear will not do.
He bought it with a loan and it was an important asset in his family.
In daily life, militiamen are allowed to replace their halberds with short wooden handles and use them as production tools. On one side is an ax, which can be used to cut down trees and collect firewood. After opening the bamboo shoot and taking off the ax head, the hook on one side can be used as a sickle, and the hook blade on the inside is very sharp. There is no problem in harvesting crops, it is very easy to use.
Because they are militiamen, mainly laborers, they have to farm and work.
Therefore, their weapons should ideally also be tools of production. Adhering to such a design concept, Yang Fan specially selected tungsten steel with excellent wear resistance.
It can be used for production in peacetime, but it can be used as a weapon in wartime. This greatly improves the cost-effectiveness ratio. Get their money’s worth.
The militiamen who had their halberds taken away jumped their feet angrily and cursed, but seeing the Mongols running away, they were helpless.
An Sanxi rides on a very high horse with a good view. He saw what was ahead. None of these moves were beyond his expectations.
Seeing those militiamen being taken away from their weapons, they jumped up in anger. He shook his head helplessly and cursed: "Idiot, without the halberd, is the steel crossbow on your back a fire stick?"
There is nothing the Mongols know that he does not know.
Now, the Mongolians have run out of skills.
This is the last resort.
During the Mongolian expedition to the West, they fought against the Poles and the German Confederation. Just use a rope to tie the heavily armored knight, then pull him off his horse and trample him to death. Finally, go back and kill the infantry.
The European knights were all nobles, and the infantry were peasants recruited temporarily. The infantry was poorly equipped and had no decent training. Without the heavily armored knights, the infantry would be finished in a single charge.
"Change the crossbow and shoot them to death." An Sanxi had no choice but to give the order himself. If it were those three cavalry regiments, there would be no need to worry about it.
An Sanxi felt that Daza was a completely blind commander. At this moment, he didn't remember that his soldiers had crossbows.
The whistle sounded, which was the order to change the crossbow.
The halberdiers immediately stopped shouting and cursing, as if they were enlightened.
Yes, they moved some distance away, just in time to shoot them with a crossbow. Why didn't I think of that just now? They were dragging a heavily armored halberdier, and the horses couldn't run fast at all. Isn't this a living target?
Behind the soldiers who were dragged away, the soldiers picked up their steel crossbows, quickly cocked them, and then started shooting at the cavalry.
With the buzzing sound of the bowstring, countless short steel crossbow arrows flew towards him with a shrill sound. At this distance, there is no need to aim at all. The cavalry has a large target and can almost hit it accurately.
Even if the shot misses the man, it will still hit the horse. If you miss the first cavalryman, the surrounding cavalrymen will also be hit by arrows.
So, the halberdiers took out the steel crossbows hanging on their backs and started shooting.
Although it is free fire, the rate of fire of six seconds is terrifying enough.
The Mongolian feather armor could not stop the crossbow arrows, let alone these herders wearing leather armor or even just leather robes to recruit soldiers.
The Mongols immediately realized that they had made a bigger mistake by breaking away from the fight.
Shooting at a distance is a one-sided massacre. Their bows couldn't penetrate plate armor at all.
After the halberdiers realized what they were doing, they immediately expanded the crowded wedge formation because it was not conducive to archery. As the Mongols distanced themselves, each wedge formation rapidly expanded.
The battlefield is the best military school. Only on the battlefield can you truly learn to fight. At this moment, the militiamen suddenly understood what to do.
Each squad independently separated from the wedge formation and rushed towards the Mongols, maintaining the formation of the squad while charging, firing crossbows.
The battle for the battlefield was disrupted. There were small squadrons of seventy or eighty people everywhere, firing crossbows at the Mongols. Charge to the inside of the Mongolian cavalry group.
Arrows shot at the cavalry like locusts. Steel crossbows opened the way, and the Mongols evaded in all directions.
The militiamen figured it out.
Since the Mongols can't do anything to our armor, why are they still gathering together?
While they were figuring it out, the military rule of not leaving the team was also coming into play. So, the team went solo.
Small teams in wedge formations rushed towards the Mongolian cavalry clusters. Those on the outside use long halberds to stab, chop and hook. The one inside shoots with a steel crossbow. The outside of the small square formation does not affect the people inside firing steel crossbows.
These small wedge-shaped formations filled the Mongolian cavalry groups with holes. The Mongols were confused. The infantry counterattacked the cavalry, and the infantry counterattacked the charge cavalry. It was a long time coming.
They controlled their horses to avoid every small wedge formation.
An Sanxi smiled, it was true as the master said, the battlefield is the best school.
These farmers are no longer rookies, they are starting to understand.
Know how to use your own advantages to take effective actions independently on the battlefield.
"All of them, in small teams, form a wedge formation to attack the enemy." An Sanxi gave the order. The large formation behind also quickly dispersed into numerous small formations.
The Mongols were now panicked. The 120 small formations were like countless awls piercing their cavalry cluster.
At this time, the reorganized halberdiers from behind also rushed up. Another 120 small wedge-shaped formations rushed up and directly made dumplings out of some of the cavalry.
More secretive crossbow arrows were fired from behind. Large numbers of cavalry were shot down.
Under attack from both front and rear, the Mongols collapsed and began to flee in all directions.
Da Sa looked defeated. When did the cavalry begin to decline to the point where it couldn't even defeat the infantry? A mouthful of old blood almost spurted out.
"Dear Dasa Huang Taiji, let's retreat," the other Taijis advised one after another. This battle is unwinnable. The casualties were too great.
"Retreat!" Daza said through gritted teeth.
At this time, he was unwilling to retreat, and other Taijis had to retreat on their own. Without the Shunyi Palace, the Tumut tribe today is just a loose alliance of fifteen tribes, a piece of loose sand.
The Mongolian cavalry finally heard the order to retreat and immediately fled. They couldn't stay any longer.
But the steel crossbow has a very long range and can be thrown a full three hundred meters.
The Mongols were also within shooting range on their way to escape.
At this time, the militiamen ranged from direct shooting to projectile shooting, always following the direction in which the Mongols fled.
After throwing the bodies on the ground, they finally ran away.
(Making up the two chapters I owed yesterday)
